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		jrosenblatt on April 22, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon was Down $31K in '08. What is it today?

michaelrbock on April 22, 2013 [–]

A very quick calculation (using AMZN's $61b net sales in 2012) yields about $116k per minute.

robryan on April 22, 2013 | [–]

One thing that would contribute to extra cost is a large amount of advertising that they are paying per click that ends up leading to a page being down.

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